The Patriots finished the 2010 regular season ranked tied for the seventh fewest accepted penalties in the NFL (83).
The most frequent penalties called against the Patriots were false start and offensive holding. As for the players with the most penalties, veteran tight end Alge Crumpler topped the charts, followed by rookie tight end Rob Gronkowski and rookie cornerback Devin McCourty.
A look at the final 2010 penalty leaderboard:
Penalty count
TE Alge Crumpler – 7
TE Rob Gronkowski – 6
CB Devin McCourty -- 6
OT Matt Light -- 5
OT Sebastian Vollmer -- 5
CB Kyle Arrington – 4
OLB/DE Tully Banta-Cain -- 4
CB Darius Butler -- 4
S Patrick Chung – 3
LB Dane Fletcher -- 3
TE Aaron Hernandez -- 3
C Dan Koppen – 3
G Logan Mankins -- 3
S Brandon Meriweather – 3
DL Vince Wilfork -- 3
Penalties
False start – 16
Holding (offense) -- 15
Defensive pass interference – 10
Offensive pass interference -- 6
Holding (defense) – 5
Delay of game – 4
Offsides -- 4